Computer Engineering Best Engineering Schools

Ranked in 2011

For future software developers, software engineers, or programmers, a graduate degree in computer engineering combines training in electrical engineering and computer science. These are the top graduate schools for computer engineering.

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Overall Engineering School Program Data
#1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	4.9	Full-time: $38,940 per year	2,677	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#1	Stanford University Stanford, CA	4.9	Full-time: $41,220 per year	3,572	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#1	University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA	4.9	In-state, full-time: $9,402 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $15,102 per year	1,759	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#4	University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL	4.7	In-state, full-time: $14,932 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,198 per year	2,711	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#5	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	4.6	Full-time: $36,700 per year	2,334	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#6	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	4.4	In-state, full-time: $8,636 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $26,204 per year	4,607	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#7	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	4.3	In-state, full-time: $20,256 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $38,116 per year	2,955	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#8	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	4.2	Full-time: $34,989 per year	556	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#8	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	4.2	Full-time: $29,500 per year	1,665	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#10	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	4.1	Full-time: $38,090 per year	558	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#10	University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX	4.1	In-state, full-time: $8,876 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $16,252 per year	2,476	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked

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Overall Engineering School Program Data

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College name

Score

Tuition

Total graduate engineering enrollment

Average GRE quantitative score (master's and Ph.D. students)

Research expenditures per faculty member

Engineering school research expenditures (2009-2010 fiscal year)

Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

4.9

Full-time: $38,940 per year

2,677

Locked

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

4.9

Full-time: $41,220 per year

3,572

Locked

University of California--Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

4.9

In-state, full-time: $9,402 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $15,102 per year

1,759

Locked

University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign

Urbana, IL

4.7

In-state, full-time: $14,932 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,198 per year

2,711

Locked

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

4.6

Full-time: $36,700 per year

2,334

Locked

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA

4.4

In-state, full-time: $8,636 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $26,204 per year

4,607

Locked

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

4.3

In-state, full-time: $20,256 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $38,116 per year

2,955

Locked

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

4.2

Full-time: $34,989 per year

556

Locked

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

4.2

Full-time: $29,500 per year

1,665

Locked

#10

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

4.1

Full-time: $38,090 per year

558

Locked

#10

University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell)

Austin, TX

4.1

In-state, full-time: $8,876 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $16,252 per year

2,476

Locked